Our own crew provides gutter cleaning services in Hicksville NY. We flush each run until the water runs clean and flow-test it before we leave, haul the leftover mess away, and send photos of every run. The price comes from your stories, your home's size and how much tree cover is over the roof, and the number we give you on the phone is the number on the invoice. Most of our Hicksville customers book in the spring and fall, so call (866) 435-6328 for a quote, because the sooner you ask, the easier it is to get a slot.
Quoted from stories, size and tree cover, over the phone, with nothing added once the crew is on the roof.
The price depends on how many stories the house has, how large it is and what is sitting in the gutters. We set it over the phone or by text from those three things, and the number we give you is the number we charge. Hicksville homes and residential and commercial properties are priced from the same three facts, so ask how the number was built before you accept it. Companies that price by the linear foot land in a similar place per foot.
On our jobs, the things that move the quote are consistent. A third story or a roof too steep to walk takes more time and more equipment. A walk-out basement or a sloped lot raises the effective height of the back run, so it sits higher than it looks from the yard. A gutter system that nobody has opened in years holds compacted leaves and grit, and a clog packed that deep usually means the drainage path has to be checked as well as cleared. Guards we have to lift and reseat add time too. Gutter cleaning services include flushing, water flow testing and debris removal, and none of it is billed as an extra. If anything we find changes the job, we tell you before work starts, never on the invoice.
On a recent Hicksville visit, the house had two stories and a heavy buildup of wet leaves in the front run, which had begun to sag where it met the fascia. The crew cleared the buildup, flushed the run until the water ran clean at the bottom, and photographed the sag so the homeowner could decide what to do next. The price was set on the phone from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and it did not change once the crew was on the ladder. Ask us for the same kind of quote for your house and we will give you one the same day we hear from you.
| One story | Two stories | Three stories or steep | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1,500 sq ft | from $150 | from $225 | from $295 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft | from $200 | from $260 | from $335 |
| Over 2,500 sq ft | from $235 | from $305 | from $395 |
For context, nationally: Angi 2026, US average $168, most $119 to $234, $0.95 to $2.25 per linear foot.
Downspouts flushed and flow-tested, debris hauled, photos of every run. The quote already has all of it in.
Our crew clears every gutter run by hand, not just the stretch you can see from the driveway. Roof valleys and the area above the gutter line are blown clear first, so the next rain does not refill what was just emptied. Every downspout is flushed with water and watched until it runs clear at the bottom; one that will not clear is worked from the top where it can be reached. Where a downspout feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving at the outlet and tells you if it is not; clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Debris goes into bags and leaves with the truck. It is not blown onto the lawn, the deck or next door. The ground is left as it was found.
Before the crew leaves you get photos of every run and every downspout, before and after, on your phone, whether or not you were home. Anything the crew sees that is not a cleaning problem, a hanger pulled loose, a seam dripping, a run sitting flat, is photographed and reported, not repaired and not sold on the spot.
What can change the number, and you hear it before work starts, never on the invoice: a third story or a roof too steep to walk; gutters that have not been touched in years; guards that have to come off and go back on.
Twice a year for most houses: once after the spring seed and pollen drop, once after the last leaves fall.
Across New York, late May to June is the usual window for the spring visit, after the seed and pollen drop, and November to early December is the window for the fall one, once the last leaves are down. Most of our Hicksville customers book both cleanings, and we see why when we open a gutter. In late spring it is seeds, seed casings and pollen paste packed into the elbows of the drop pipes, where a clog forms fastest. In fall it is the leaf load, and where the first ice has already formed we find ice dams at the eave. On houses that skipped the fall visit, we have seen runs that sagged or pulled loose by March, and a sagging run is where structural damage and fascia rot start.
Under heavy tree cover, a visit every three to four months keeps the gutters and downspouts clear, because a stray twig, needles and grit build up between visits and a blockage can form at any elbow. Near a busy road or a construction site, the same tighter schedule applies. Clogged downspouts are the usual reason the tighter schedule pays off. With few or no trees overhead, once a year in late fall is usually enough for a home in a quiet block. Guards can stretch the interval, but we still clear what sits on top of them.
After the first visit we tell you how often to clean your gutters, based on what we find in them rather than on a general rule. Call for an estimate and we will tell you which visit schedule fits the house. A clean gutter that still overflows in heavy rainfall is a slope or capacity issue, and we say so plainly. Regular gutter cleaning and gutter maintenance between visits send rainwater away from your home and keep the water away from the foundation. A small leak at a seam costs less to fix now than after it has soaked the fascia. Keep your gutters clear through the wet months and you protect your home from water damage at the eave and the foundation.
Water over the edge rots the board behind the gutter first. Everything after that is slow, and slow is what a policy excludes.
The three signs. Water pouring over the front edge in rain instead of out of the downspout. A run that sags, sits low or has pulled away from the fascia. Plants growing out of the trough. Any one of them means the gutter is full.
What happens next. Water that cannot drain sits in the trough and spills behind it. The fascia board rots, then the soffit. Water backs up under the first course of shingles and shows up as a ceiling stain. Siding stains and swells. Below, the overflow cuts a channel at the foundation and finds the basement. The wet debris itself weighs enough to pull the gutter off the house. Standing water breeds mosquitoes; dry debris houses wasps. Where winters freeze, the trapped water becomes an ice dam at the eave and lifts the shingles from underneath.
Why your policy will not pay. Homeowners insurance generally does not cover water damage traced to clogged gutters. Carriers class gutter cleaning as routine maintenance, and damage from skipped maintenance as preventable neglect, which a standard policy excludes. A limb that tears a gutter off in a storm is sudden and accidental and is usually covered; a fascia board that rotted over two years is not. This is general information, not insurance advice; read your policy or ask your agent.
Guards stop leaves. They do not stop needles, seeds, grit or the paste they turn into. The job gets shorter, not gone.
Yes, guarded gutters still need cleaning, less often, and it is a different job: clearing what sits on top of the guard and checking that water is actually getting in, rather than scooping out the trough. Mesh and screen guards hold whole leaves off. Pine needles thread through, seed casings and pollen mat on top, roof grit settles underneath, and once that mat is wet, rain runs over it and off the front edge. The gutter is empty and the water never went in.
Guards earn their keep under big leafy trees and on roofs too high to want to climb. They do not end maintenance, whatever the installer said. Our crew lifts the panels, clears underneath, flushes the downspouts and reseats the guards; tell us what is on the house when you get the quote and it is priced as a guarded system, which usually runs shorter than an open one.
Under an hour on most houses. Nobody has to be there, and the photos arrive either way.
The crew calls the day before with an arrival window and again when they are on the way. This Old House puts a professional gutter cleaning at 30 minutes to an hour on a typical home; bigger houses, steep roofs and gutters left for years run longer. Nobody needs to be home for exterior work; the crew does not come inside. Before they arrive: side gate unlocked, cars off the driveway if runs face it, pets inside while ladders are up. Ladder stand-offs keep the ladder off the gutter lip and the siding. After: photos of every run and downspout before the truck leaves, and an invoice that matches the quote.
Send us a photo or a short video in the rain. You hear what it is before anyone talks about money.
Still overflowing. A gutter that is clean and still sheets water over the edge in rain has a slope, capacity or downspout-size problem, not a debris problem. If that happens after a cleaning, send us a photo or a short video of it in the rain and we tell you what it actually is; we do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
The number. The price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. If the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear it and agree to it before they start, never after.
Your house. Stand-offs on every ladder so nothing rests on the gutter lip, and screens and downspout extensions go back where they were.
Payment. The balance is charged when the job is finished and the photos are on your phone. Some dates take a small booking fee to hold the slot, and you hear about it before you book.
The whole city and the towns around it, booked by phone or text from the nearest crew.
Our crew works across Hicksville and the surrounding areas, out of the nearest base. Hicksville gutter cleaning fills up in the two busy windows of the year, late spring and late fall, so Hicksville homeowners who want a visit should ask early. To get your gutters on the calendar, call (866) 435-6328 or text us with your stories, your home's size and whether trees hang over the roof, and send a photo of the front of the house if that is easy. We confirm the date when you book and call before we come. Nobody needs to be home for the visit, and the yard is left clean.
Cleaning and maintenance covers residential properties and commercial properties alike, and the gutter cleaning process is the same on every job: clear the roofline and the valleys, clear the gutters by hand, flush every downspout and check the outlet, then send you the photos. If you want more than cleaning, ask us about gutter guards and our other gutter services when you call. Whatever you need, the crew will tell you what they found before they leave.
The number comes from the stories, the square footage and what is in the gutters, and we give it to you by phone or text. We do not give a figure without those three things, because a two-story house with only light leaves and one packed with wet leaves are different jobs. The number we quote is the number we charge.
Most of our customers here book in late spring and again in late fall, after the seeds and the leaves have come down. If you wait past the first hard freeze, the ice can already be sitting at the eave, and that is harder to clean out. Across New York, late spring and late fall is the pattern we see most.
Most slots come up within the week during the busy seasons, and we confirm a date when you call. Same-day cleaning services in Hicksville are not something we promise, because the calendar depends on the schedule that day.
No. Our crew works outside and does not come inside, and they send photos of every run and downspout to your phone before the truck leaves. Leave the side gate unlocked and keep pets inside while the ladders are up.
Yes. The crew flushes each outlet with water and watches it until the water runs clean at the bottom. Where the outlet feeds an underground drain line, the crew checks that water is leaving and tells you if it is not. Clearing a buried line is a separate job and is quoted before anyone touches it.
Yes. On our jobs, guards keep out most leaves and debris, but not the needles, seeds and grit from the landscape, which settle on top and on the guard itself. We lift the panels, clear underneath, flush the outlets and reseat the guards. The job is usually shorter than on an open gutter, but it is still a cleaning.
If a rain gutter is clean and still overflows in heavy rainfall, the gutter system usually has a slope, capacity or outlet size problem rather than buildup. Send us a photo or a short video taken during the rain, and we will tell you what it is. We do not sell a second cleaning for a slope problem.
It should not. The quote is set from the stories, the size and the tree cover, and if the crew finds something that changes the job, you hear about it and agree to it before any work starts.
Stories, size and a photo of the front by text. That is a real number, not an appointment.
